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Show I ' Constitutional Amend-' I ' meet to Provide I , Aerial Forces HE The proposed Cotistlluttotial Amend HR niciu to provide for aorlal forces In HC tho M lltlu of tliu Stnta of Now York HE I whs considered lit tho meeting of tho flM Hoard of Governors of tho Aero Club HE of Amorlcu mid upproved. HE Tho amendment was Introduced nt HE j ,, a recent suasion of tho Constitutional HEi J Convention by Hon William 1. Han- HE Ulster, It umumlrt section HI of nitl- HE ' do -XI of the Constitution by tho ud- HE illtlon of tho two words "utid ueri- HE' nl," so th.it sad section 111 "111 read HE ns follows , h "Tho mllltlii shall bo organized and HBi ' dllded Into such land, naval nnd Bl ncrlal, and aillvo and rcscrvo fore- HHi -'. as the Legislature may deem prop. BVi I cr, piorlded, however, that thoro BV' shall be maintained at all Uuicb, u Bill forco of not less than ton thousand BM' unlisted men, fully uulformod, armed, BBI c(iulpi)od, d sclpllnod and ready for HE ' active scrvlcu. And It shall bo tho BK duty of tho Legislature at each sua- HEJ slon to mako su indent appropriations HE I for t.mo maintenance thereof." HE ' Tho amendment has now baon ro- Bfl orrt'd, to Ihu'i club's Commltteo on BV! Military and Naval Affairs, which Is BV" composed of tho following authorl- I ties: flEjf' u,Cornollug. Varidcrbllt, chairman; , Majcuy F,'. .L"'V. Iloppln, N. Y. N. HE1 f.; Lieut,, "Col. 'Samuel Ileber, V. 8. i A,'; Copt! ,W.irk L. Bristol, U. S. N.; HI' Mujor Charles Elliott Warren, N. Y. Bw N. (.; llrlg Hen. Robert K. Evans, HE U. S. A.; Capt A. H Cowan, U. S. BM' A.; Lieut.. Com. II S. Mustlu, V. S. , BV $..; liuiit, Col. C. UoW. Wilcox, U. flflj s '" ' flfl! .InJwiVllly .approving this uniond- Bflw luent-tlKj ,GiU'ruors of tho Aoro Club Bfl: of America uxpr'ossed regret that tho flfl, Mlllt a cannot, for lack of norophiucs, BB maneuver under conditions iloso'y flfl approximating tlioao of inodorn war- flfl fury, in which aeroplauoa aro used HB tor. ncouthig, range finding, locating HK hlg guns (nnif ' Indicating tholr post- Hfl tlons to tho art llory, bomb dropping, BB' protecting transports from' submar- BB' 'ncs carrying messages and fighting BB off hostile aircraft It wan resolved BB that other states, particularly those BB on "10 Atlantic and Pacific coasts, BB which aro opbn to attack by hostile Bfl' battleships, air craft and submarines BB be nrgod to mako similar provls.ons Bfl nt tho oarltOBt possible moment. Bfl Ilciently tho Aero Club launched a Bfl campaign which hnd for Us object flfl tho ciiulpment of tho National Guard Bfl nnd Naval Mllltla of every state with flfl j noropluucs ami Hying boats. As a ro- flfl suit, two aviators hnvo offored their Hfl aeroplanes to the Stato of Now York flfl for tho period of tho maneuvers and flfl a Hying boat and a course of Instruc- flfl tlon for both a pilot and a median- flfl , lean has beon prosetitcd by tho Cur- flfl tlss Aoroplano Co,, of Buffalo One of flfl tho aviators to offer his machine and flfl his services as pilot was Charles F. flfl NIIcb, of Now Lork Othor machines flB havo beon presented to tho Illinois flfl 'Naval Reserve, the Naval Mllltla of flfll ' Pennsylvania am) to tho Nut onal HflT Ottani of Oklahoma, and almost JS,- Hfl 000 In subscriptions have been sent HH' direct to tho Aero Club nt America, |